Brandon Sun By: Drew May The Brandon courthouse. (FILE/The Brandon Sun) A day that began with convicted murder Michael Bridges telling a Brandon courtroom he was experiencing “pure rage” when he killed 18-year-old Erin Chorney in 2002 ended with an emotional and tearful apology to the victim’s family members seated in the room. Advertisement A day that began with convicted murder Michael Bridges telling a Brandon courtroom he was experiencing "pure rage" when he killed 18-year-old Erin Chorney in 2002 ended with an emotional and tearful apology to the victim’s family members seated in the room. Bridges himself took to the witness stand on the fifth day of his faint hope clause hearing in Brandon Court of Queen’s Bench. Bridges was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder in 2005, but is asking to be allowed to apply for parole early under a now-repealed section of the Criminal Code.